Transcervical Foley’s catheter: a promising option for induction of labour

Authors

  • Divya Pandey Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi-7, India
  • Sudha Salhan Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi-7, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20150134

Keywords:

Foley’s catheter, Intravaginal dinoprostone gel

Abstract

We hereby report the results of a small randomized prospective study where we compared the efficiency and efficacy of transcervical extra-amniotic Foley catheter placement to intravaginal dinoprostone gel as a method of induction of labour.

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Barrilleaux PS, Bofill JA, Terrone DA, Magann EF, May WL, Morrison JC. Cervical ripening and induction of labor with misoprostol, dinoprostone gel and a Foley catheter: a randomized trial of 3 techniques. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;83(2):211-3.

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Published

2017-02-08

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Letter to the Editor